Steel post oiler cup



Patented May 21, 1946 paren STATES PATENT oFFlcE STEEL POST OILER CUP Henry P. Witt, Napa, Calif. Application June 18, 1945, Serial No. 600,080

3 Claims.

My present invention, in its broad aspect, has to do with improvements in oiler cups for steel fence posts, and like steel objects which are susceptible to rust and corrosion. I have found that when steel fence posts begin to rust, the fence wires attached to them also rust and in time must be replaced. By providing an improved oil cup for use on steel fence posts, and other steel objects. I am enabled to keep a ne film of oil on the surface, and in time the oil will collect dust and the like, building up a protective coating which will preserve the fence post and the wires attached to it. I have also found that by placing rags and waste in the cups, the oil will be fed in the proper quantities to form the desired nlm, and but a small amount ofcrank-case oil, for instance, a year will serve the purpose.

In carrying my invention into effect, and accomplishing the above and other objects, I atis partially lled with rags and waste. My cup may be applied to any shape fence post and may be cheaply and quickly formed as a metal stamping and applied Without special tools.

Other and equally important objects and adventive concept, and claims.

In the drawing, wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of my invention:

Figure 1 is a View of a fence with the posts provided with my oil cup;

Figure 2 is a top plan View of one of my cups;

Fizgure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a section showing a cup applied to in angle iron fence post;

Figure 6 is a section showing a cup applied to l, U-shaped fence post;

Figure 7 is a vertical section of a modification vth the post and cup formed integral; and

Figure 8 is a top plan View of the form shown n Figure 7.

In the drawing wherein like characters of refrence are used to designate like or similar parts:

The numeral I designates a conventional T- haped steel fence post carrying the fence wires My cup 3 has an upwardly opening bell-shaped body 4 with the sides curved outwardly as at 5 part Way and then parallel and straight as at 6 to the mouth 1 which has a beaded outwardly turned edge 8. At the bottom of the body is a depending collar 9 Which is given a driving fit with the fence post as shown in Figures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, or which may be integral with the fence post as shown in Figures 7 and 8. Openings Il along the sides and at the ends of the surface of the fence post permit the oil to seep down the fence post in a iilm. It Will be noted that the lm of oil collects dust and the like to form a protective coating Illa over the surface of the post. 'I'he end openings II are connected with the side openings I2 by Webs I3. A form applicable to L-shaped fence posts is shown in Figure 5, and in Figure 6, the center web I4 filling in the U-shaped area of the post has small arms I5 contacting the post and spacing the openings I6. Cotton Waste or rags I'l, or other suitable material is placed inside each oil cup. In the form shown in Figures 7 and 8, the body I8 of the cup is integral with the post and has a bottom I9 covering the open end of the post which is cylindrical. Oil passes through a circular arrangement of small equally spaced openings 20 in the bottom adjacent the outer surface of the post.

From theY foregoing, it is believed that the operation and advantages of my invention will be apparen but it is again pointed out that interpretation of its scope should only be conclusive when made in the light of the subjoined claims.

I claim: 

